WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of business
assurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity,
and business intelligence solutions, today announced new security
capabilities on the nGenius®
5000 series packet flow switch, its open compute-based packet broker
platform. Today, IT and security teams often use disparate products to
achieve security and service assurance visibility, which results in high
capital expenditures and silos of visibility. The newly-available inline
security functionality from NETSCOUT addresses these challenges by
providing network professionals with a common, unified packet
acquisition plane that is both software-driven and cost-effective.

“The packet broker market is in dire need of next-generation solutions
to help customers boost overall efficiency across IT and security,” said
Jessy F. Cavazos, industry director, Frost & Sullivan. “Since the threat
landscape is extensive and continually evolving, security architectures
need to be pervasive and unified without breaking the bank. NETSCOUT’s
software-driven approach, combining both active and passive monitoring,
can serve as a strong foundation to support next-generation
architectures.”

Cost-effective management of risk

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to connect more and more
devices and systems to networks, the need for pervasive security
visibility is more critical, requiring scalability and potentially
increasing cost. To address these challenges, the nGenius 5000 packet
flow switches provide the smart and cost-effective data acquisition
layer needed for today’s distributed networks. Built on open
compute-based hardware with software-based packet broker functionality,
the nGenius 5000 packet flow switches enable economies of scale, while
keeping costs down. Adding active security capabilities enables
organizations to address their security risks in both passive and active
modes with a unified architecture. With support for 100Gbps inline
security, nGenius enables even the most data-intensive inline security
applications.

“What we find especially attractive about the NETSCOUT approach is that
it supports all packet brokering capabilities and applications on open
compute-based switches – including inline security,” said Phil Higgins,
chief executive officer, Brookcourt
Solutions. “Unifying security and network visibility onto a single
platform means substantial capex reduction for our clients. Their teams
can also collaborate better thanks to the unified architecture and
common operating system.”

Enabling operational simplicity

The NETSCOUT packet broker software, Packet Flow Operating System™
(PFOS), supports both service assurance and security capabilities,
unifying data sources across a common infrastructure and delivering
smart wire data to IT teams. The nGenius switches are an integral part
of the NETSCOUT
service and security assurance platform, which offers unique
advantages, such as the ability to monitor the health of a visibility
fabric from the nGeniusONE®
console. This further streamlines IT operations by providing an
integrated view of the entire monitoring infrastructure, so the data
needed for full visibility can be available to network and security
teams.

“We have seen significant traction with enterprise and service provider
customers who have adopted the disaggregated architecture,” said Sanjay
Munshi, vice president, product management, Packet Flow Systems,
NETSCOUT. “Compared to the traditional architecture, we are now shipping
four times the number of ports with the software-driven approach and the
dollar value of orders for our PFS 5000 now exceeds our conventional
hardware-based PFS models.”

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) assures businesses against all
disruptions in their digital services whether in availability,
performance, or security. Our market and technology leadership stems
from combining our patented smart data technology with smart analytics.
We provide real-time, pervasive visibility, insights and Wi-Fi tools
customers need to accelerate, and secure their digital transformation.
Our approach transforms the way organizations plan, deliver, integrate,
test, and deploy services and applications. Our nGenius service
assurance solutions provide real-time, contextual analysis of service,
network, and application performance. Arbor security solutions protect
against DDoS attacks that threaten availability, and advanced threats
that infiltrate networks to steal critical business assets. To learn
more about improving service, network, and application performance in
physical or virtual data centers, or in the cloud, and how NETSCOUT’s
performance and security solutions, powered by service intelligence can
help you move forward with confidence, visit www.netscout.com or
follow @NETSCOUT and @ArborNetworks on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

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Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and other federal securities laws. Investors are cautioned that
statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical
statements, including without limitation, the statements related to the
benefits and capabilities of NETSCOUT’s nGenius 5000 series packet flow
switch, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and
uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements due to known and unknown risk, uncertainties,
assumptions and other factors. Such factors include slowdowns or
downturns in economic conditions generally and in the market for
advanced network and service assurance solutions specifically; the
volatile foreign exchange environment; the Company’s relationships with
strategic partners and resellers; dependence upon broad-based acceptance
of the Company’s network performance management solutions; the presence
of competitors with greater financial resources than ours and their
strategic response to our products; our ability to retain key executives
and employees; and lower than expected demand for the Company’s products
and services. For a more detailed description of the risk factors
associated with the Company, please refer to the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 and subsequent
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are on file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. NETSCOUT assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking information contained in this press release or with
respect to the announcements described herein.